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I’ll never forget Vimy Ridge.

(Lieutenant Frank Benjamin Conrad)

The attack was to start at 5 o’clock Monday morning, April the 9. Easter Monday Morning.

(Lieutenant John Percy Copp)

It started in such a noise I had never heard and hope I never will again.

(Lance-Corporal Whitfield Thomas Ganong)

The duty of the Canadian Corps was to capture Vimy ridge and they did it.

(Major Orvil Ard Elliott)

I only hope that when the total casualty lists are made up that they are not too heavy.

(Major Orvil Ard Elliott)

That was quite a day, one which I never want to go through again.

(Lieutenant John Percy Copp)


Excerpts from the war diaries of Lieutenant Frank Benjamin Conrad, Lieutenant John Percy Copp, Major Orvil Ard Elliott & Lance-Corporal Whitfield Thomas Ganong

Excerpts from the war diaries of Lieutenant Frank Benjamin Conrad, Lieutenant John Percy Copp, Major Orvil Ard Elliott & Lance-Corporal Whitfield Thomas Ganong

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Excerpts from the war diaries of Lieutenant Frank Benjamin Conrad, Lieutenant John Percy Copp, Major Orvil Ard Elliott & Lance-Corporal Whitfield Thomas Ganong

I’ll never forget Vimy Ridge. (Lieutenant Frank Benjamin Conrad)

The attack was to start at 5 o’clock Monday morning, April the 9. Easter Monday Morning. (Lieutenant John Percy Copp)

It started in such a noise I had never heard and hope I never will again. (Lance-Corporal Whitfield Thomas Ganong)

The duty of the Canadian Corps was to capture Vimy ridge and they did it. (Major Orvil Ard Elliott)

I only hope that when the total casualty lists are made up that they are not too heavy. (Major Orvil Ard Elliott)

That was quite a day, one which I never want to go through again. (Lieutenant John Percy Copp)